Where do you go for an inventive, high quality meal in Paris that doesn’t leave you feeling like you need to unbutton your pants halfway through the meal? On Boulevard Haussmann, two minutes from the Saint Augustin Church, is a real gastronomical treasure. Pomze (the word for apple in French is pomme)is original and innovative, built entirely around the theme of apples. From the deco of the restaurant and the gourmet shop on the bottom floor right down to the cider cellar and dishes proposed on the menu, everything is inspired by the Daniel Dayan’s passion for apples.
With restaurant experience in Vienna, Tokyo, Prague, he fell in love with a fruit that is often ignored on menus. The 100+ varieties of apples in France allow him to develop countless ways to include it in each of his dishes. 600kg of apples are delivered each week to satisfy client demand. “The idea is not to serve a baked apple with each dish…” says the founder. Indeed, he goes far beyond using apples as side dishes. The presentation of the dishes as well as the ways in which apples are incorporated is both refined and elegant.
I was astounded by the sheer…
